Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

To celebrate, I concocted an action learning experience in user generated content, the Beth 5.0 Flickr Photo Birthday Remix Contest. I set up a flickr group, uploaded some instructions and some photos from the past half-century, and invited people to celebrate. 54 people joined the group. You can also tags.

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Generation Content Remix Reflection 50

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. Aesthetics of Experience: Photo-taking is distracting for other visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

My 50th birthday is this month and I'm celebrating it with a Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. I'm also using this as an action research project to figure out a few things about flickr contests and user-generated content which I'll report back later IF ENOUGH people participate. Need some inspiration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I usually do this in a room with a quick poll, but I wanted to push myself to create the content based on their questions. " I've been thinking about remixing that slide so it matches the framework I set up for WeAreMedia tactical modules. In A Museum?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Original Photo by Pearlbear from Nosi Salon 12/11/06 at SF Nonprofit Technology Center. Two days ago, The Tech Chronicles Blog published a post about Marc Canter's "Ahem Society" that used one of my flickr photos. So I complained in flickr , my blog and left a comment on the Tech Chronicles Blog. (I

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License Remix Flickr Photo 50

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. Most of the content was (and is) user generated. " The year was 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Beth's Flickr Stream. From Icommons comes an incredibly useful legal brief to remixing media in the age of participatory media and campaigns by Steve Vosloo, Digital Hero Book Project. The post answers the questions: How do you negotiate the potential minefield of legalese surrounding your content? non-exclusive???

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License Law Remix Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

The intent of the project is "By tagging content related to Minnesota's election, more voter s will be heard." " They are using tags to aggregate voter-generated content about Minnesota's 2006 election and politics. They are encouraging people to tag into del.icio.us, flickr, YouTube, etc.

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Tag Project Screencast Minnesota 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. I put together a wiki for this presentation which includes a set of conversations questions. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory? of Wired Blog).

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Adopt Social Media Challenge Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This is a nonprofit remix of some of Chris Brogan's ideas and 50 ways to use social media organized by Groundswell objectives from Jeremiah Owyang. You can also share the impact of your organization's programs through podcasts, sharing photos on Flickr, or videos on YouTube or other video sharing sites.

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Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet. Fundraising 2.0

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Summary Nptech Burma YouTube 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. The point made is: Some content is going to be very well suited to video -- but other. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! Here's ten steps towards Association 2.0 , a remix of Marnie Webb's Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0

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Summary Nptech Tag Courseware 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." Or else the perception of "wasted time" or fear that employees will play rather than work or view inappropriate content at work. There are examples (see below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. The content on the wiki has now organized into an instructional format as a two-day face-to-face workshop. My debrief of the two-day workshop.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Flickr Photo: Fayster Now that the stimulus package -- or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, if you're keeping score at home -- has been signed into law , the work of making it all happen begins. But they've also made sure that third-party content is licensed through Creative Commons.

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API Remix Map Law 36

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

It's a place for Scratch users to upload, share, and remix their Scratch projects. But you can also join galleries (like Flickr pools) for specific affinities. You can also remix other projects. As an adult, my profile shows my username, photo, city, state, and country. Inappropriate Content: Debatable.

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Education Generation Remix Community 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. A favorite photo from Jon Stahl, but there are 496 more to browse. Join the Conversation and Debate On Open Content for Nonprofits. Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

User-Generated Flickr Birthday Card Contest: For my 50th birthday, held a contest where friends got to remix embarrassing photos of me into a 50th Birthday Card on Flickr. Metric: Content created. I donated $50 to the winner's charity. Psychological underpinning: Fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. Does your web site or blog publish excellent content on a regular basis? Can help you easily link to other sites, content, or individuals.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2009

What’s the content? Now, I and thirteen other students are creating an exhibit designed not around content goals but social action goals. Visit our website to find out how you can contribute video, photos, voice recordings or written advice. Attendants will also photo-capture images of these displays for the website.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

For hundreds of years, we've owned the content and the message. While we may grudgingly acknowledge the fact that visitors create their own versions of the message around subsets of the content, we don't consciously empower visitors to redistribute their own substandard, non-authoritative messages. Content expertise matters.

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Authoring Platform Museum YouTube 42

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

For hundreds of years, we've owned the content and the message. While we may grudgingly acknowledge the fact that visitors create their own versions of the message around subsets of the content, we don't consciously empower visitors to redistribute their own substandard, non-authoritative messages. Content expertise matters.

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